Lenin: The state, dear people, is a class concept. The state is an organ or instrument of violence exercised by one class over another. So long as it is an instrument of violence by the bourgeoisie against the proletariat, the proletrait can have only one slogan: destruction of the state. But when the state will be a proletarian state, when it will be an instrument of violence exercised by the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, we shall be fully and unreservedly in favour of a strong state power and of centralism. wordsmith.social/protestation/…